Pedagogical Council of Admiralteysky district took place at Presidential Library

29 August 2024

On August 29, 2024, the eve of the beginning of the new academic year, the Pedagogical Council of the Admiralteysky district of St. Petersburg held a meeting at the Presidential Library.

The topic of the meeting was The development of an independent education system: Admiralty vector.

At the meeting, participants heard a video message from Sergey Kravtsov, Minister of Education of the Russian Federation. Also attending the event were Sergey Overchuk, head of the Admiralteysky Administration, and Alexey Yerin, deputy chairman of the St. Petersburg Education Committee.

At the meeting of the pedagogical community, various topics were discussed, including: "Topical Issues of Implementing State Policy in the Education Sector in the 2023-24 Academic Year: Tasks for the Future", "The Illustrated Book Center as a Resource for Priority Interaction with Families of Pupils in a Preschool Institution", "Mentoring Service for Families of Students: Successful Practice", and others.

The event concluded with a solemn ceremony awarding the best teachers from educational institutions in the Admiralteisky district and honoring those with many children.

It was no coincidence that the Pedagogical Council meeting for the Admiralteisky district was held at the Presidential Library. The library places great importance on the issues of education and enlightenment for the younger generation.

Section Teaching with Primary Sources was prepared especially for teachers on the Presidential Library's portal. Each teacher can explore the possibilities of utilizing the library's resources in educational activities. Additionally, lessons plans for humanities based on the library collection are provided, as well as video tutorials on World War II created in collaboration with the Gorchakov Lyceum of MGIMO.

In addition to the section for teachers, there are collections of documents that are included in the unified history textbook for high school students. These collections contain more than 15 thousand documents and materials on the history of our country. Similarly, work is underway to include QR codes (links) to library resources in the new textbooks "History of Our Region" for Grades 5-7.

The Presidential Library organizes a variety of educational and outreach activities. With the support of the State University of Education, it holds the competition of pedagogical projects The Future of the Fatherland in the Hands of a Teacher. It also organizes the Russia in the Electronic World annual olympiad in history, social studies, the Russian language, and Russian as a foreign language for high school students. In addition, it offers multimedia lessons and video lectures on Knowledge of Russia where well-known scientists give talks.